Mandarin Chinese Characters Set 08 (20)

Question 1

门 口

Answer 1

men2 kou3
“mun ko” (like go)
door + mouth = door’s mouth = doorway

Question 2

大 门 口

Answer 2

da4 men2 kou3
“da mun ko”
big + doorway = main entrance

Question 3

人 间

Answer 3

ren2 jian1
“zjun jien”
Person + space = world (literally space for people = world)

Question 4

闲 人

Answer 4

xian2 ren2
“shien zjun”
Leisure + person = idler

Question 5

闪 人

Answer 5

shan3 ren2
“shan zjun”
to dodge + person = to sneak out

Question 6

水

Answer 6

shui3
“shway”
= water

Question 7

淼

Answer 7

miao3
“meow”
wide expanse of water

Question 8

沫

Answer 8

mo4
“maw” rhymes with straw.
water + end = foam (because as sea water crashes on the beach the end of the flow is the foam)

Question 9

泉

Answer 9

quan2
“choo-won”
white + water = fountain or spring (melted snow is white and becomes water in the spring).

Question 10

淡

Answer 10

dan4
“dan”
water + burning hot = plain, bland, light, modest, essential, tasteless.

Question 11

江

Answer 11

jiang1
“jeeang”
water + work = river

Question 12

汝

Answer 12

ru3
“zjoo”
water + woman = you

Question 13

沐

Answer 13

mu4
“moo”
water + tree = to bathe

Question 14

淋

Answer 14

lin2
“leen”
water + woods = to drip

Question 15

水 晶

Answer 15

shui3 jing1
“shway jeeng”
water + sparkles = crystal

Question 16

口 水

Answer 16

kou3 shui3
“ko (like go) shway”
mouth + water = saliva

Question 17

淡 水

Answer 17

dan4 shui3
“dan shway”
plain + water = fresh water

Question 18

淡 月

Answer 18

dan4 yue4
“dan yooweh”
plain/light + month = light month = slack month
= quiet month for business (usually July because of ancestor worship. Bit like Halloween in the West).

Question 19

山 水

Answer 19

shan1 shui3
“Shan shway”
mountain + water = scenery

Question 20

水 门

Answer 20

shui3 men2
“shway mun”
Water + door/gate = dam